girls:
2k births since 1914
#3853 (33rd percentile)
boys:
823 births since 1915
#3764 (18th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1914
#5116 (34th percentile)
The name Lynell is the #5,116 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,784 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 33.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,853 (32.6% percentile) for all time with 1,961 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #3,764 (17.9% percentile) for all time with 823 births since 1915.
Lynell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Lynell is available in 99 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (84 years for girls and 80 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lynell has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Lynell were girls.
For girls, Lynell reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 10.9% percentile (ranked #685) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 51 births per million (ranked 10.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
For boys, Lynell reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #678) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lynell ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lynell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lynell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.5% confident that Lynell is pronounced as lih-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lee-NEHL, at 17.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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